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OET (OET-LV) Because this is the message that you_all_heard from the_beginning, that we_may_be_loving one_another,
OET (OET-RV) Yes, this is the message that you all heard from the beginning: to be loving each other—
Note 1 topic: headings
If you are using section headings, you could put one here before verse 11. Suggested heading: “What Love Is”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς
from /the/_beginning
John uses the phrase from the beginning in various ways in this letter. Here it refers to the time when the people to whom he is writing first heard about or first believed in Jesus. See how you translated this phrase in 2:7. Alternate translation: [ever since you first heard about Jesus]
3:11-22 John now focuses on the believers’ need to love one another (see John 13:34).
OET (OET-LV) Because this is the message that you_all_heard from the_beginning, that we_may_be_loving one_another,
OET (OET-RV) Yes, this is the message that you all heard from the beginning: to be loving each other—
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.